3D Printing Old PC Parts
I’ve been restoring an old computer, using as many new parts as possible (dual SATA and PATA SSDs, rather than
Helpful GDB Commands
Mostly for my personal reference: target remote tcp::1234 – Connect to remote host layout asm – Switch to asm layout
Mounting /proc, /sys, and /dev in an Init Process
When the Linux kernel finishes booting, it needs to know what to run next. What process will be the “manager”
How Microsoft (and Linux) Won the Desktop
I’ve been skimming through the 1993 book Windows Internals by Matt Pietrek. At that time, Microsoft Windows (and a copy
Datasheets that were lost to time
These are (old, outdated) technical documents that never made it to the internet. Presumably they’re still covered by patents or
Homebrew Pentium Motherboard
I’ve been designing my own Pentium 1 motherboard. I originally wanted to connect a 386 or 486 to a modern
Decoding the Extended Addressing Modes of the 68000
I’ve been working on a disassembler for the Motorola 68000 family of microprocessors, which were popular in home computers in
Porting a Linux driver to Arduino
I’ve been porting a Linux driver to Arduino. Many old computers (late 80s, early 90s), especially Apple Macintosh computers, used
OS Dev with QEMU, OVMF, and GDB on Windows
According to The OSDev Wiki “Any recent version of QEMU with a recent version of OVMF will be sufficient to
Difference between “dynamic-link library with exports” and “dynamic-link library” in Visual Studio
TL;DR: “with exports” means the project starts with some example exports added. You’ll need exports, so why not let it
